1. baseball players who hit the ball with great power, especially those who hit many home runs
Usage: sports
2. people who fight with their fists; boxers or brawlers
Usage: informal

Examples

• The team’s sluggers drove in most of the runs this season.
• Both sluggers hit over 40 home runs last year.
• The coach recruited more sluggers to improve the team’s offense.
• These sluggers can change the game with one swing.
• The two sluggers faced off in the boxing ring.
• Street sluggers often lack proper technique.
• Professional sluggers train for hours every day.